Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Publishers Lunch

Today's Meal

Whitehead, Thompson, Desmond Among Pulitzer Winners
The Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday, as Colson Whitehead won the fiction prize for his much celebrated novel The Underground Railroad, which also won the National Book Award and was clearly the consensus "book of the year." Similarly, Matthew Desmond, a winner of National Book Critics Circle Award this year, took the general nonfiction award for his widely praised Evicted; while Heather Ann Thompson's Blood in the Water, an NBA nominee, won for history. The complete winners and finalists across all of the book categories are:
Fiction
Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad (Doubleday)

Finalists
Taylor Mac, A 24-Decade History of Popular Music
Sarah DeLappe, The Wolves

People, Etc.
At Grove Atlantic, Katie Raissian has been promoted to editor, while Allison Malecha moves up to associate editor. Zachary Pace and Nicole Nyhan have each been promoted to assistant editor. Gretchen Mergenthaler has been promoted to art director and Cindy Hernandez joins as junior designer.

Open Road has announced a number of promotions. Renata Sweeney has been promoted to associate marketing manager; Greta Shull and Paola Crespo have each been promoted to marketing associate; and Daniel O’Connor has been promoted to marketing coordinator. Mauricio Diaz has been promoted to art director, while Amanda Shaffer has been promoted to designer. Matthew Thompson has been promoted to executive editor of branded funnel sites and Carolyn Cox has been promoted to senior editor of branded funnel sites.

At Harlequin, Nicola Caws has been promoted to associate editor for Harlequin Historical, moving over from Harlequin Presents. Sareeta Domingo will join as editor for Harlequin Medical Romance and Harlequin Romance. Previously she was an editor at HotHouse Fiction.